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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: It’s hard to deny the appeal of an ETF yield that’s sitting solidly in the double-digits, especially now that interest rates are at historic lows. But these high yields could be luring some investors to take on more risk than they’d otherwise be comfortable with. The latest short-term interest rates are at all-time lows, causing investors to seek performance...
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Amateur Asset Allocator (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tax Free Municipal Bonds, once almost exclusively the domain of the rich, have gotten a lot more attention from the middle class lately. As it turns out, you don’t have to be in the top income tax bracket to benefit from municipal bonds. Investors in the 35% marginal tax bracket are obviously better off with [...]
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
MANILA, Nov. 21 (PNA) — JG Summit Holdings Inc. (JG Summit), the Gokongwei group’s publicly-listed flagship company, has concluded successfully its maiden peso bond issue, raising P9 billion from the local bond market.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its ongoing surveillance efforts, Fitch Ratings affirms its 'AAA' rating on Cobb County Solid Waste Management Authority, Georgia's (the authority) approximately $12.4 million outstanding solid waste management authority revenue refunding bonds, series 2004. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The 'AAA' rating on the authority's series 2004 bonds reflects strong legal...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Savers chasing the best deal for their cash can now earn almost as much interest on instant access as from locking into a one-year fixed rate
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Investors who fear that the rally in investment-grade corporate bonds may be over are shifting their money into high-yield bond funds
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to bank bonds corresponding to the following two series of New York City Transitional Finance Authority (TFA) bonds: --Future tax secured bonds fiscal 2003 series C-5; --New York City recovery bonds fiscal 2003 series B-2. The ratings are being assigned in conjunction with the substitution of liquidity facilities on the bonds, expected...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Paul Krugman reads the tea leaves in what looks like the best piece of economic analysis I have read this month. When we do the things we do well, this is the kind of thing we do: >Interest rates: the phantom menace: From various bat squeaks I’ve put together a view of what I think lies behind the surprising — and damaging — deficit squeamishness of the Obama administration. So...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating on the approximately $70.4 million Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds (Union Hospital of Cecil County Issue), series 1998, 2002, and 2005, and $3.2 million in Town of Elkton, Maryland Economic Development revenue bonds (Union Hospital Facility), series 2000, issued on behalf of Union Hospital...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA-' rating to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska's (MOA) $50 million water revenue refunding bonds series 2009. Concurrently, Fitch affirms the 'AA-' rating on the district's outstanding parity water revenue bonds. The bonds are scheduled to price on Dec. 2, 2009. The Rating Outlook on the bonds is Stable. The 'AA-' rating reflects the water...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings affirms the 'A-' rating and underlying rating on approximately $20 million Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds, series 2003, 2004A and 2004B issued for Three Pillars Senior Living Communities. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The rating reflects Three Pillars' strong but reduced cash position, its Masonic affiliation and support,...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities are registering, on balance, modest changes in overseas trading. The massive wall of liquidity sloshing through the market has driven short rates lower while the longer maturities are unchanged. [More...]
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R World (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
We're on the first step towards turning healthcare into a right rather than something one needs to earn. I should feel wildly enthused about this, but instead I feel a little queasy. In the last decade, we've committed trillions to foreign occupation, stabilizing our banks, and now, healthcare. We fund doctors, bankers, and soldiers. The lesson is clear: go to college or join the army. Legislation...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
The following is John Mauldin's weekly e-letter. You can sign up to receive it each week here > Where the Wild Things Are is a beloved children's book and now a beautiful movie. But in the investment world there are really scary wild things lurking about in the hidden recesses of the economic landscape. Today we look at one of the unintended consequences of the Federal Reserve's low interest rate...
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Latest News Current Issue (Free subscription) | yesterday
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